Callum Drift (Dwayne Johnson), the head of North Pole security, collaborates with bounty hunter Jack O'Malley ... In Red One, "Kavalame" is a significant term Santa uses to command his reindeer.

This leadership role and ability also hints that Santa’s reindeer are females. After all, if you want to deliver gifts worldwide in a single night, you’d better be really good at navigating.

Reindeer, alligators or elves carry Santa to homes around the world. Moore’s poem is such a classic that others have had some fun with it creating their own Christmas classics in the process.

While characters resembling Santa Claus have circulated throughout the world for centuries, the notion of a sleigh pulled by reindeer wouldn’t become prominent until the 19th century.

For generations, many have pictured Santa’s reindeer as antlered bucks guiding his sleigh through the Christmas Eve sky. But archival evidence suggests we may have it all wrong.A report from ...

Santa’s reindeer — Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen and Rudolph — received clearance to fly to Pennsylvania from Dr. Sarah Coburn, Alaska’s state veterinarian.

For generations, many have pictured Santa’s reindeer as antlered bucks guiding his sleigh through the Christmas Eve sky. But archival evidence suggests we may have it all wrong.A report from ...

For generations, many have pictured Santa’s reindeer as antlered bucks guiding his sleigh through the Christmas Eve sky. But archival evidence suggests we may have it all wrong.A report from ...

For generations, many have pictured Santa’s reindeer as antlered bucks guiding his sleigh through the Christmas Eve sky. But archival evidence suggests we may have it all wrong.A report from ...

For generations, many have pictured Santa’s reindeer as antlered bucks guiding his sleigh through the Christmas Eve sky. But archival evidence suggests we may have it all wrong.A report from ...